{"id":36739,"date":"2024-06-18T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=36739"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:12:32","slug":"tim-vece-md","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/people\/tim-vece-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Vece, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Vece is a physician scientist specializing in the field of Pediatric Pulmonology.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vece\u2019s research interests in rare lung disease and genetic immune deficiencies with pulmonary involvement. He has served as the clinical expert on many translational research teams, including research for familial pulmonary hemorrhage and investigations of the microbiome of the lungs and upper GI tract. 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